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This morning, President Bush announced his pick to replace Porter Goss as CIA
boss: Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden, former six-year leader of the NSA and
current deputy to National Director of Intelligence John Negroponte. Here's
more from NBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12685614/.
Tonight on Hardball, Chris is back to talk about this potentially hot
nomination fight with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). Hayden is perhaps best
known as the defender of the NSA's once-secret domestic wiretapping program.
Will lingering concerns over that hinder his chance to run the CIA?
Hardball Correspondent David Shuster will break down all of the back-and-forth
about Hayden's past and proposed future. Plus, Jim Bamford, author of "Pretext
for War," and Gary Berntsen, former CIA officer and author of "Jawbreaker,"
will join Chris to talk about what may help and hurt Hayden's nomination.
Also tonight, you'll see some of NBC White House Correspondent Kelly
O'Donnell's interview with Vice President Cheney during his overseas trip to
eastern Europe. See it here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/.
For the latest on the CIA leak probe, Jim VandeHei of the Washington Post will
be here along with attorney Stan Brand. Check out VandeHei's report in today's
paper about Karl Rove, in which he writes, "Rove expects to learn as soon as
this month if he will be indicted -- or publicly cleared of wrongdoing -- for
making false statements in the CIA leak case, according to sources close to the
presidential adviser." It's here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/07/AR2006050700717.html.
John Fund, columnist for OpinionJournal.com, and David Ignatius, columnist for
the Washington Post, also will be here to talk about the political implications
(and potential complications) of Hayden's nomination and Rove's lingering
investigation. Read Ignatius' thoughts on Goss' departure in Sunday's paper:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/05/AR2006050501660.html.
And here's Fund's sense of how 2006 is shaping up at this point:
http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110008347.
Here are some things you might not have read yet today:
--USA TODAY/Gallup Poll released today finds 31% approval for President Bush
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-05-08-bush-approval_x.htm
--AP reports on President Bush's call today for more aid to Sudan
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12687022/
--NBC News Terrorism Analyst Roger Cressey analyzes the Moussaoui verdict on
Hardblogger http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5445086/
--NBC's First Read (always fresh) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3626796/
--Doonesbury http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html
Brooke Brower compiled the "Hardball Briefing" in Washington, D.C.
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